The partners created television commercials "inspired by or featuring the film's characters and themes", interactive digital initiatives, and robust in-store presences at numerous retailers. [203] Gleiberman also praised the film's action sequences, saying "Infinity War brims with tensely spectacular combat sequences, even if the question of who's going to win each one has that extravagantly arbitrary could-Mighty-Mouse-beat-up-Superman? [102] In late June 2017, filming occurred in Downtown Atlanta,[103] as well as Atlanta's Central Park in early July,[104] before moving to Queens, New York in the middle of the month. It is also the highest-grossing superhero film in many European countries, including the United Kingdom. "[215], The ending of the film sparked various Internet meme reactions,[216] including one referencing Spider-Man saying he does not feel good as he disintegrates, which was applied to other things. The digital release also features a roundtable discussion between MCU directors the Russos, Jon Favreau, Joss Whedon, James Gunn, Ryan Coogler, Peyton Reed, and Taika Waititi. [55] Producer Kevin Feige said the films were titled as two parts of a single film because of the shared elements between the films, but he felt they would be "two distinct" films, not one story split across two films. [84] Kenneth Branagh, the director of Thor (2011), voices an Asgardian distress caller in an uncredited cameo. [142] Alyssa Rosenberg of The Washington Post was not overly enthused about another superhero film having "special-effects-heavy villains, or the sight of yet another mysterious object hanging over the Manhattan skyline", but felt the trailer made her realize "that I'm actually looking forward to seeing [the characters of the MCU] get to know each other". IMAX contributed $22.5million to the opening weekend gross, which was the best opening for a Marvel film in the format and the third-biggest opening, behind The Force Awakens ($30million) and The Last Jedi ($24.7million). [222] Over 60,000 people watched a live Twitch stream of the ban occurring, which lasted several hours.

Stark and Parker sneak aboard Maw's spaceship while Wong stays behind to guard the Sanctum. Although Thanos' army is routed, Shuri is unable to complete the extraction before Thanos himself arrives on the field. Filming began in January 2017 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, with a large cast consisting mostly of actors reprising their roles from previous MCU films, including Brolin as Thanos. Coached Tom Holland Through That Heartbreaking 'Infinity War' Scene", "Black Panther Director Explains T'Challa's Powers", "Marvel's 'Avengers 3' Gets Official Title With Temp Name Hung On 'Avengers 4', "Exclusive: Anthony Mackie Says Falcon Won't Die", "Loki to appear in Thor: Ragnarok and both parts of Avengers: Infinity War", "Marvel's Tom Hiddleston reveals when he knew about Loki's Infinity War death", "Tom Hiddleston Confirms Loki's Fate In 'Avengers: Infinity War', Was Told Two Years Ago", "Peter Dinklage Is Definitely in Avengers: Infinity War, But Who's He Playing? He warns Stephen Strange and Wong about Thanos' plan to destroy half of all life in the universe, and they recruit Tony Stark. The United Kingdom earned $8.9million, which was the biggest MCU opening day and third-highest opening day for a Disney film;[191] it would go on to earn $41.4million for the weekend, which was the third-highest of all time and the second-highest Disney opening. [39][82][83] Marquand replaces Hugo Weaving, who had expressed reluctance to reprise the character from Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). [85] David Cross was invited to make a cameo appearance as Tobias Fnke, his character from the television sitcom Arrested Development, which the Russo brothers had previously worked on; this was prevented by a scheduling conflict, but Fnke still appears in the film as a specimen in the Collector's collection, played by an uncredited extra. [204] McCarthy wrote, "Brolin's calm, considered reading of the character bestows this conquering beast with an unexpectedly resonant emotional dimension, making him much more than a thick stick figure of a supervillain". [166] The IMAX Enhanced version of the film was made available on Disney+ beginning on November 12, 2021. [174] Also, in its second weekend, Infinity War passed $13.5million from 4DX screens, which was the all-time record for the format. [117] Silvestri recorded his score from January 2018[118] to late March, and found working on the film to be "a really different experience than anything I'd done before, especially in regard to the approach and balancing quick shifts in tone". Additionally, the trailer had an "excellent effect", using the "Avengers Initiative speech" by Nick Fury and the "Avengers theme" by Alan Silvestri from The Avengers. [212] Seventeen-year-old Kieran Harvey from Staffordshire also watched the film in theaters 100 times. Thor severely wounds Thanos with Stormbreaker, but Thanos activates the completed Gauntlet by snapping his fingers before teleporting away. IMAX contributed $20.5 million, which was the third-largest opening in China. The Russo brothers came on board to direct in April 2015, and a month later Markus and McFeely signed on to write the script for the film, which draws inspiration from Jim Starlin's 1991 comic book The Infinity Gauntlet and Jonathan Hickman's 2013 comic book Infinity. [155], Avengers: Infinity War earned $106.7million on its opening day in the United States and Canada (including $39million from Thursday night previews), for an opening weekend total of $258.2million. In 2020, Infinity War was ranked seventh in an Empire magazine poll for the 100 greatest films of the 21st century. [202], Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter praised the writers' and directors' ability to balance the large cast of characters, saying they, "under the supervision of Marvel Films maestro Kevin Feige, acknowledge the traffic jam of egos and play it for laughs". Vision convinces Maximoff to destroy him and the Mind Stone, but Thanos uses the Time Stone to reverse her actions and rips the stone from Vision's forehead. It was also on pace to become the top superhero film. [179] Within 72 hours, the film generated the largest pre-sales for any superhero film at AMC Theatres, with its advance ticket sales being 257.6% ahead of Black Panther's, 751.5% ahead of Captain America: Civil War, and 1,106.5% ahead of Avengers: Age of Ultron during the same time frame. [178] Fandango later reported that Infinity War achieved the largest initial 24-hour ticket pre-sales for a superhero film, taking just 6 hours to surpass the previous 24-hour record set by Black Panther. Thanos kills Gamora, earning the Stone. [209] Stephanie Zacharek of Time said, "[It] isn't really a beginning, but more of a middle or an end with a new piece of yarn attached. [204] Rolling Stone's Peter Travers said the film is "too much of a good thing" and wrote, "The Russo brothers have clearly never learned the concept that less is more. [208] Likewise, Zacharek said, "There's no pacing in Avengers: Infinity War. [88] The Chinese release of the film, which opened on May 11,[158] was originally scheduled to end on June 10, but was granted a "rare" extension of 30 days, to end on July 9. [203] Owen Gleiberman of Variety concurred, stating, "Infinity War is a brashly entertaining jamboree, structured to show off each hero or heroine and give them just enough to do, and to update their mythologies without making it all feel like homework". [172] The film's fourth weekend saw it come in second, behind Deadpool 2,[185] and in its fifth it finished third behind Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Deadpool 2. Maw and Obsidian arrive to retrieve the Time Stone from Strange, drawing Peter Parker's attention. Strange uses the Time Stone to view millions of possible futures, seeing only one in which the Avengers win. Hasbro and Funko each donated $1million worth of cash and products, to Give Kids the World Village and Starlight Children's Foundation, respectively. Marvel planned to make a $250,000 donation to Starlight Children's Foundation if these posts collectively reached 1million likes, while Disney planned to donate 10% of all Marvel's Disney Store sales in the United States and online on the weekend of March 3 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, up to $50,000. [144] The second trailer was viewed 179million times in the first 24 hours, the third-most viewed trailer in that time period, behind the first trailer for the film and It, while also becoming the biggest release for a second trailer, surpassing Beauty and the Beast (2017) (128million views). Infinity War also surpassed $400million in the weekend, doing so in nine days, becoming the second fastest film to reach that mark, again after The Force Awakens's eight days. [78] The foursome provided voices and motion-capture performances on set for their characters. The production lasted until July 2017, shooting back-to-back with a direct sequel, Avengers: Endgame (2019). [221] Ahead of the ban, Brolin posted a video saying "Here we go, Reddit users," and ending it with a snap. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the film features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldaa, Josh Brolin, and Chris Pratt. 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[176] As of June17, 2018[update], the film's top markets are China ($373.4million), the United Kingdom ($95.7million), and South Korea ($92.8million). [N 1] After subduing Thor, Thanos extracts the Space Stone from the Tesseract, overpowers the Hulk, and kills Loki. [167] He did not rule out the possibility that this version could be available at a later point. [151][152] It was released in most countries worldwide, including the United States, on April 27, with a few debuts beginning as early as April 25,[109] and was shown in IMAX and 3D on select screens. [158] In its third weekend, the film remained number one in a majority of its markets. Thanos also kills Heimdall after he sends Hulk to Earth using the Bifrst. Vision asks Maximoff to destroy him and the Mind Stone to keep Thanos from retrieving it, but Maximoff refuses. [122] A life-sized statue of Thanos, created by Legacy Effects, was on display at D23 Expo 2017,[123] alongside statues of the Black Order / "Children of Thanos": Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, Ebony Maw, and Cull Obsidian. [131], To promote the film's first trailer, Marvel released a compilation video of some of its previous trailers since Iron Man (2008), "paired with fan reaction videos to those trailers". [155] It was later beat by its sequel, Avengers: Endgame, which grossed $1.222 billion in its opening weekend. Thanos and his lieutenants leave, destroying the ship. [170] Crossing the mark in 48 days, it was the second-fastest to that point, after Avatar's 47-day record. It also tied The Force Awakens for the fastest to reach $300million at five days. [140] On February 27, Disney and Marvel announced the "Marvel: The Universe Unites" charity campaign leading to the release of merchandise for the film on March 3. [175] With $140million worldwide from IMAX,[176] the film is the third-largest worldwide in the format, behind Avatar and The Force Awakens,[169] and the largest for a Marvel film. It's clear Marvel is trying to do something different here [] to pay off a decade's worth of narrative and world-building. Avengers: Infinity War premiered in Los Angeles on April 23, 2018, and was released in the United States on April 27, as part of Phase Three of the MCU. Thanos kidnaps Gamora, who discloses the Soul Stone's location to save Nebula from torture. [197] In its sixth weekend, the film became the highest-grossing MCU film in Japan with $33million. [159] Avengers: Infinity War is part of Phase Three of the MCU. [173] The trio crash-lands on Titan, where they meet Quill, Drax, and Mantis. IMAX contributed $2.2 million in the market, which was also an opening weekend record. [94] That July, Marvel revealed Part 1's title would be shortened to simply Avengers: Infinity War. [181] A week before the film released, The Wall Street Journal said the film had sold more than $50million worth of advance tickets, behind only The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017),[182][155] with Fandango reporting that more than 2,500 showtimes had sold out. [161] Ahead of the United States release, AMC Theatres in New York City and Orlando, Florida aired an eleven-MCU film marathon beginning on April 25, ending in a screening of Infinity War. [119] Ludwig Gransson's theme from Black Panther is used in the film. 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He travels with Rocket and Groot to Nidavellir to enlist the aid of the dwarf king Eitri in creating the battle-axe Stormbreaker. Infinity War opened in China to $200 million (RMB 1.266 billion), which was the second-highest opening weekend in local currency behind The Fate of the Furious ($184 million and RMB 1.352 million). Adam Chitwood of Collider commented that this was "highly unusual as most Marvel movies are screened in their entirety for press about a month before they hit theaters". [71] Ebony Maw's look was inspired by the Marvel Comics character Mephisto, who appeared in the Infinity Gauntlet storyline. Thor surmises that Thanos is going after the Reality Stone, which Taneleer Tivan possesses on Knowhere. [207], A. O. Scott of The New York Times criticized the film's reliance on other films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, saying, "Considered on its own, as a single, nearly 2-hour-40-minute movie, Avengers: Infinity War makes very little sense", but conceded that it "was never meant to be viewed or judged in isolation". [N 2] Stark and Nebula remain stranded on Titan while Banner, M'Baku, Okoye, Rhodes, Rocket, Rogers, Romanoff, and Thor are left on the Wakandan battlefield. [192] France had the biggest superhero opening in the market with $17.7million,[190] as did Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. Originally, the Russian government ordered it to be released on May 11, but after a scandal the government made concessions and agreed to let it premiere on May 3 with a condition that on May 9, during the Victory Day, only Russian films would be played in the cinema theatres. The Avengers, along with T'Challa and the Wakandan forces, mount a defense while Shuri works to extract the Mind Stone from Vision. Nebula escapes captivity and asks the remaining Guardians to meet her on Thanos' destroyed homeworld, Titan. [105] Filming concluded on July 14, 2017. In Wakanda, Rogers reunites with Bucky Barnes before Thanos' army invades. [138], In January 2018, Marvel Comics published a two-issue prequel comic titled Avengers: Infinity War Prelude, which serves as a bridge between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. [170], The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 85%, with an average score of 7.6/10, based on 488 reviews. [217] The website, DidThanosKill.Me was created for fans to see if they would have been spared by Thanos or not.

[126] Haleigh Foutch for Collider described it as "dark and dramatic, and utterly epic. The digital and Blu-ray releases include behind-the-scenes featurettes, audio commentary, deleted scenes, and a blooper reel. Fandango reported that $14million of the $39million came from ticket pre-sales from the company. [8] Additional filming took place in Scotland beginning in February 2017. In the film, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy attempt to prevent Thanos from collecting the six all-powerful Infinity Stones as part of his quest to kill half of all life in the universe. You need to have seen and internalized every one of the previous 18 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies to fully get it".

When Mitchell's streak was gaining media awareness around his 44th viewing, he noted that IMAX reached out to give him 50 free tickets to continue the streak, and the Russo brothers invited him to Endgame's premiere.

The group formulates a plan to subdue Thanos and remove the Infinity Gauntlet, which he uses to safely house the Stones. [99] Infinity War, along with Avengers: Endgame, were shot using ARRI Alexa IMAX 2D cameras, thus marking the first time that a Hollywood feature film was shot entirely with IMAX digital cameras. [204] McCarthy called the scale of the action "astonishing",[203] and Travers wrote, "Avengers: Infinity War leaves viewers up in the air, feeling exhilarated and cheated at the same time, aching for a closure that never comes". [79][78] As Coon was pregnant during filming, she mainly did facial capture for Proxima Midnight with some motion-capture,[80] with stuntwoman Monique Ganderton standing-in and providing the rest on set. The Russos said only a limited amount of the film would be shown at these screenings to reduce the chance of spoilers being leaked. The El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles had a similar marathon for the film's release. "[125] CinemaBlend's Eric Eisenberg said the footage left him "literally shaking", with the film looking "like it could be one of the most epic blockbusters ever created". [108] In early March 2018, Disney moved the release of Infinity War in the United States to April 27, 2018, to have it be released the same weekend as some of its international markets. [223] Andrew Tigani of Screen Rant said this showed "how impactful the film has already become to pop culture. Atom Tickets reported that Infinity War sold more tickets in its first pre-sales day than Black Panther sold in its first month. gimmickry but, instead, to the dispersion of its drama throughout the many cinematic installations set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe". [81], Ross Marquand voices Johann Schmidt / Red Skull, the "Stonekeeper" and former Nazi commander of Hydra during World War II. Nebula arrives soon after and helps the others subdue Thanos, but then deduces that Thanos has killed Gamora. Thor, Rocket, and Groot arrive to reinforce the Avengers and together they kill Midnight, Obsidian, and Glaive. [116], In June 2016, Alan Silvestri, who composed the score for The Avengers, was revealed to be returning to score both Infinity War and Endgame.

[211] Scott also criticized the action sequences, calling them "tedious and predictable" and "surely the most expensive parts of the movie, but the money seems less like an imaginative tool than a substitute for genuine imagination". [88] In April 2015, Marvel announced that Anthony and Joe Russo would direct both parts of Avengers: Infinity War,[89] with back-to-back filming expected to begin in 2016. [100] In early February, Marvel confirmed the involvement of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord, and Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the film. The deluxe edition featured some extended and additional tracks.

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